Partition Archive: Train Journey from Jhelum to Ludhiana in 1947

Anya Fenn

INDIA

Kamlesh Sood

Ludhiana, Punjab

Chapters

Mehar Gujral

Producer

Mehar Gujral

Interviewer

Mehar Gujral

Editor

Kamlesh Sood was only 8 years old when her family made the journey from her home in Jhelum, and then Sukkur in Sindh province, to Ludhiana during the harrowing events of the 1947 Partition of the South Asian subcontinent. In this excerpt from our conversation in Hindi and Punjabi at her home in Ludhiana, Punjab, Kamlesh describes her home and life in Jhelum before the events of 1947 changed everything. Images: Portraits of Kamlesh Sood and her husband in Ludhiana, Punjab.

Mehar Gujral

Ludhiana, Punjab

Kamlesh Sood

Ludhiana, Punjab